Behan's bomb lifts Carmel

Stevenson's softball field had yielded just two over-the-fence home runs before this season.

On Tuesday, Carmel Catholic's Jenny Behan become the third player to pull off the feat this season.

"That's 3 in like in 2½ weeks," said Stevenson coach Larry Friedrichs, whose own Abby O'Connor on Saturday became the first player ever to hit two over-the-fence homers (both this year) at the Patriots' field.

Behan's shot, which cleared the 255-feet sign in center field, helped lift Carmel to a 14-10 win in a nonconference slugfest that featured 26 hits.

"It was a line-drive shot," Friedrichs said.

Behan, a sophomore who's already committed to play Division I softball for James Madison, also tripled, driving in 2 runs on the day. Kathleen Felicelli (2-for-4) and Sarah Koesser (3-for-5, 2 doubles, 2 runs, 4 RBI) also had big days at the plate for Carmel (14-5).

Jazmin Bonke went 3-for-3 with 2 RBI for Warren (14-4, 5-1), which scored all of its runs in the second inning. Wagner struck out seven and walked four.

Mundelein fell to 16-4, 4-2.

Wauconda 15, Round Lake 3: Alex Kinnamon belted a pair of home runs and finished 3-for-3 with 5 RBI to lead the host Bulldogs in the North Suburban Prairie game.

Brooke Sefcik and Lexie Redmann each had 2 hits for Wauconda (14-6, 6-1). Maggie LePage had a double for the Bulldogs.

Vernon Hills 13, North Chicago 1: Kristina Kliver struck out 11 in a five-inning no-hitter, and she, Jenn Claussen and Steffany Froman (double) each went 3-for-4 for the visiting Cougars in the North Suburban Prairie contest.

Vernon Hills (2-9, 2-3) also got a pair of hits from Izzy Cirone. Claussen and Froman each had 3 RBI, while Kliver knocked in 2 runs.

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